Your day begins with morning pickup at your Oahu hotel and a transfer to the airport for your 45-minute flight to Hawaii’s Big Island. After a local guide meets you at the airport, set off in a deluxe air-conditioned minivan to explore the Big Island.

Your guide introduces you to Hilo town as you drive down Banyan Drive, lined with banyan trees that were planted by celebrities such as Amelia Earhart. Pass Liluokalani Gardens, a large Japanese-style botanic garden named after Hawaii's last reigning monarch.

Continue to a beach with black sands formed by pulverized lava rock, before exploring a macadamia nut farm and orchid nursery. Then stop at Wailuku River State Park to see gorgeous Rainbow Falls, a waterfall that drops 80 feet (24 meters) into a large pool surrounded with lush vegetation.

After you take a break at a local restaurant where you can purchase lunch, drive about one hour to reach Volcanoes National Park.

At the World Heritage-listed park, soak up breathtaking views of the immense Kilauea Caldera and the Halemaumau crater that lies within it. Watch as volcanic steam vents release plumes of sulfur dioxide across the caldera floor. Look for recent volcanic activity in the ever-changing landscape around two of the world’s most active volcanoes, Kilauea and Mauna Loa. Your guide is sure to point out any surface lava as it flows downstream toward the sea ─ a thrilling, but not guaranteed, event.